MARY AND THE EUCHARIST
3. The Consolation of Mary.
How sad all this would be for the heart of Mary! When She thought of that charming Divine Child unknown to some, rejected by others, persecuted in His very cradle, and when She saw in Her Son the Son of God, what would not Her sorrow be on thinking that in His hidden life He would not receive the cult of adoration that He deserved!
It is evident that neither in His private life nor in His public ministry, and much less in His passion and death, did ever Jesus receive the divine honor to which He was entitled. And this, of course, was a matter of sorrow for Our Lady. Instead the Eucharist consoles Our Lady in so much as Her Jesus is honored in the very same Body, in the very same Flesh and Blood which He took from Her. Today our Heavenly Mother is satisfied and consoled when She sees souls flocking to the Eucharistic altar, to honor, adore and love the Most Holy Host of our Tabernacles. Do you give this consolation also to your Mother and at the same time render due honor to Jesus? Do you think you do indeed fulfill this duty through your Eucharistic life? Is your soul satisfied with it?
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
How sad all this would be for the heart of Mary! When She thought of that charming Divine Child unknown to some, rejected by others, persecuted in His very cradle, and when She saw in Her Son the Son of God, what would not Her sorrow be on thinking that in His hidden life He would not receive the cult of adoration that He deserved!
It is evident that neither in His private life nor in His public ministry, and much less in His passion and death, did ever Jesus receive the divine honor to which He was entitled. And this, of course, was a matter of sorrow for Our Lady. Instead the Eucharist consoles Our Lady in so much as Her Jesus is honored in the very same Body, in the very same Flesh and Blood which He took from Her. Today our Heavenly Mother is satisfied and consoled when She sees souls flocking to the Eucharistic altar, to honor, adore and love the Most Holy Host of our Tabernacles. Do you give this consolation also to your Mother and at the same time render due honor to Jesus? Do you think you do indeed fulfill this duty through your Eucharistic life? Is your soul satisfied with it?
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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